做到

zuòdào

Traditional: 做到

HSK 4
#521 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to achieve, to manage to do, to accomplish

Stroke order

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Examples

I believe you can do it.

I have done everything you said.

This is very hard to achieve.

As long as you try, you can definitely do it.

He lived up to everyone's expectations.

做到 (zuò dào) means to achieve or manage to accomplish something. 做 means to do and 到 here is a result complement indicating successful completion. So 做到 literally means to do and reach the goal. It is often used in motivational contexts (你能做到, you can do it) or to confirm that something promised has been carried out (我做到了, I did it / I managed it). The negative form is 做不到 (cannot manage to do).

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